We would take turns in Slipjoint Forest with Sasha while we each did our parts. This was what terrified me the most. Not the fire that Archer and Grady would start, not entering the brothel by myself to search for Jade and Lee, not even Ronin's rescue. Just Sasha all alone with me. If something happened to her...I would never forgive myself. Not after everything she and her guardians had been through. Just the idea made me feel sick and shaky.

While Archer and Grady prepared to ...